JFK's biggest, most consequential mistake was the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem. His second was abandoning Laos. The two in combination sucked us into Vietnam on the worst possible strategic terms.https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1410342579619647494 …
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Replying to @baseballcrank
I thought the evidence was that he backed the coup but not the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem. Maybe that’s splitting hairs in the application…
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Replying to @AstorAaron
There's no evidence that he signed off on killing Diem, but he supported deposing him, which was the real mistake.
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